Solving the complex equation $\sin(\sin(z)) = 0$

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I've seen multiple examples of how to solve for $\sin(z) = 0$, however how may I go about solving $\sin(\sin(z))=0$?

My thoughts are to start with rewriting $\sin(z) = \frac{e^{iz}-e^{-iz}}{2i}$ And then trying to find when $\sin(\frac{e^{iz}-e^{-iz}}{2i})=0$

Since sin doesn't have a well-defined inverse I'm not sure as to which method I should use to solve this. All tips appreciated

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By definition

$$\sin z=\frac{e^{iz}-e^{-iz}}{2i}$$

so that

$$\sin z=0\iff e^{2iz}=1\iff z=k\pi\;,\;\;k\in\Bbb Z$$

thus we need to solve

$$\sin z=k\pi\implies\frac{e^{iz}-e^{-iz}}{2i}=k\pi\;,\;\;k\in\Bbb Z$$

let $x=e^{iz}$ so that

$$x-x^{-1}=2ik\pi \implies x^2-2ik\pi x-1=0\;,\;\;k\in\Bbb Z$$

which by the quadratic formula forms

$$x=ik\pi \pm\sqrt{1-k^2\pi^2} \implies e^{iz}=ik\pi \pm\sqrt{1-k^2\pi^2}\;,\;\;k\in\Bbb Z$$

from which we can take logarithms of both sides to solve for $z$.